VI) Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how important (81) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (83) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (84) _________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _________ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair. 81.A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are 82. A. keen B. many C. great D. much 83.A. stage B. age C. period D. time 84. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting 85. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible I. READING A. Fill in each blank space with one appropriate word from the box. well-known associated involve professional extra whole beats popular enthusiast end support against For many young people, sport is a (31) _______ part of school life and being in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. If someone is in a team, it means a lot of (32) _______ training and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away from home since many matches are played then. It might also (33) _______ traveling to other towns to play (34) _______ other school teams and then staying on after the match for a meal or a drink. Sometimes, parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to (35) _______ their own side. When a school team (36) _______ another one, it is the (37) _______ school that feels proud, not only the players. It can also mean that a school becomes (38) _______.for being good at certain sports and students from that school may (39) _______ up playing for national and international teams so that the school has some really famous names (40) _______ with it. A. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers. THE OLYMPIC GAMES During the Olympic games, people from all over the world come together in peace and friendship. Some of these people compete for medals. Several million people attend the games, and millions of other people watch them on television. Why do we have the Olympic games? How did they begin? The first Olympic Games that we have records of were in Greece in 776 B.C. The games lasted one day. The only event in the first thirteen Olympic Games was a race. Men ran the length of the stadium (about 192 meters). Then, longer running races were added. Through the years, a few other kinds of events, like the long jump, were also added. During this time, the games were for men only, and women could not even watch them. In the year 393, a Roman emperor ended the Olympic Games because the quality of the games became very low. The Olympics did not take place again for 1500 years! In 1894, Pierre de Courbertin of France helped form the International Olympic Committee, and the modern Olympic Games began. In 1896 the games were held again in Athens, Greece. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Three hundred and eleven athletes from thirteen countries competed in many events. The winners became national heroes. After 1896, the games were held every four years during the summer in different cities around the world. In 1900, the Olympics were in Paris, France, and women competed for the first time. In 1908, in London, England, the first gold medals were given to winning athletes. Before that time, the winners received only silver and bronze medals. The Olympic flag was first introduced in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. The flag has five rings on it. The rings represent the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. Each ring is a different colorblue, yellow, black, green, or red - because the flag of each of the countries that compete in the games has at least one of these colors in it. The Olympic Winter Games began in 1924 in Chamois, France. Athletes competed in winter events such as skiing, ice skating, and ice hockey. Today, the Winter Games take place every four years. The Summer Games also take place every four years, but not. in the same year as the winter events. Both the Summer Games and the Winter Games must have at least fifteen events, and they cannot last more than sixteen days. Until recently, Olympic competitors could not be professional athletes. All of the athletes in the Olympic Games were amateurs. Today, however, many of the Olympic athletes are professionals who play their sports for money during the year. Some people disagree with this idea. They believe that the Olympic Games are for amateur athletes, not paid professionals. Other people think that anyone can play in the Olympic Games. No matter who the athletes are, millions of people throughout the world enjoy watching the greatest athletic competitions, the Summer games and the Winter Games of the Olympics. 1. Which of the following is not true of the first 13 Olympic Games in Greece? a. They lasted only one day. b. The men competed while the women watched. c. They consisted of only one event, which was race running. d. They were for men only. 2. Pierre de Coubertin _____________. a. was the first athlete from France to take part in the modern Olympic Games b. helped the Greeks build a new stadium for the modern Games. c. helped to revive the Games. d. became a national hero of France. 3. The International Olympic Committee was set up _____________. a. with Pierre de Coubertin as chairman b. according the wish of a Roman emperor c. every four years starting from 1894 d. two years before the modern Olympic Games were held 4. Women first competed in the Games _____________. a. in 1908 in London, England b. in the Paris Olympics of 1900 c. as soon as the Olympic Games were resumed d. in 1896 at Pierre de Coubertin's suggestion 5. What was special about the 1920 Olympics? a. The Olympic flag was introduced. b. Gold medals were given to winning athletes for the first time. c. Women were allowed to compete for the first time. d. The Ofympic Winter Games were held. 6. Which of the following is not true? a. There is an interval between the Summer and the Winter Games. b. The games can't last longer than 16 days. c. The Summer Games have more sporting events than the Winter Games. d. The Olympic flag has five rings of five different colors on it. 7. Professional athletes _____________. a. joined the Olympic Games only recently . b. have been allowed to compete in the Games since the Olympic flag was introduced c. get paid for taking part in the Olympic Games d. have won more gold medals than amateurs have 8. According to the passage, _____________. a. the participation of professionals has made the Olympic Games less enjoyable b. no matter who athletes are, the games are ,still great to watch for millions of people c. professional athletes will soon be banned from the Games d. everyone is opposed to allowing professionals to take part A. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box. occasion competitive passed solidarity knowledge spirit backgrounds athletes developed flame unity relationships The (31) ____ of the Asian Games has been built up over a long period of time, and (32) _______ from one games to the next spreading message of (33) _______, warmth, and friendship through (34) _______ sports. The warmth of the Asian Games comes not only from symbolic (35) _______, but from the (36) _______ that are established among individual (37) _______, coaches, trainers, officials, volunteers, and spectators who come together from many different (38) _______ and cultures. It is an (39) _______ when strength and sports skills are tested; friendship and (40) _______ are built and promoted.